SC body critcises Ambika Soni’s ‘only Sikh CM’ remark

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Abohar, september 21

The All India Scheduled Caste Yuvjan Samaj, has criticised Congress MP Ambika Soni and sought an apology from her for her remarks that “only Sikh can be Punjab Chief Minister”.

In a letter to AICC acting president Sonia Gandhi, Samaj chief Gopichand Sander said when TV channels and print media and websites were naming CM probables for Punjab, Soni issued a statement that only a Sikh can become Chief Minister in Punjab.

“India is a secular country and grand-old Congress, too, claimed to be a secular party. Soni has hurt the people of Punjab by differentiating about Hindu-Sikh. She must apologise for having given an impression that non-Sikhs were not eligible to become CM in this border state,” he said.

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